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I have a content type where a field is the common name for a USA president. In examing a legacy database I'm importing some presidents have (simple) HTML in their name. For example Dwight Eisenhower <i>Ike</i>.

I would like to support this on a content type field field_people_common_name which is a textfield created in the Field UI.

Following these directions:

I've created a simple form alter hook to allow the input format of filtered_html on this form element:

function prez_people_form_people_node_form_alter(&$form, &$form_state, $form_id) {
  dpm($form);
  $form['field_people_common_name']['und'][0]['value']['#type'] = 'text_format';
  $form['field_people_common_name']['und'][0]['value']['#base_type'] = 'textfield';
  $form['field_people_common_name']['und'][0]['value']['#format'] = 'filtered_html';
  $form['field_people_common_name']['und'][0]['value']['#settings'] = array('text_processing ' => '1');
}

This appears to well, work or function:

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But upon previewing the edit I get these errors:

Warning: mb_strlen() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in drupal_strlen() (line 482 of ../htdocs/includes/unicode.inc).

Warning: htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in check_plain() (line 1583 of ../htdocs/includes/bootstrap.inc).

Warning: htmlspecialchars() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in check_plain() (line 1583 of ../htdocs/includes/bootstrap.inc).

Any idea how to get this to work. I'm trying to avoid embedding a text_area for simple textfield value (a name will never require a massive textarea .... yes I know I could make the textarea 1 row tall ....)

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  • Is the field showing up in your preview? It sounds like something quirky with your install. I've had field configurations like this and I've never hit this error before.
    – Shawn Conn
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 17:43
  • Yes it is but it's blank. It's not a problem with my installation. Maybe I have to alter the field widget instead ...
    – tenken
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 18:52
  • Nevermind, I misread the problem. I thought you'd already performed the solution that Thomas4019 posted.
    – Shawn Conn
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 19:06

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You shouldn't need to use hook_form_alter to allow the user to specify an input format for a textfield. On the content type page, you can edit a fields settings and there is an option titled "Text Processing" that you will want to use instead.

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Then when I look at my node form I see the following:

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  • Sure, I'll buy this as an answer. For this project I'm migrating a large legacy DB into drupal -- re-configuring the field structure until it's right and re-importing everything... sounds like a PITA. But, after making the change I guess it's the only way to go as it appears to add a filter column to the DB schema.
    – tenken
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 19:40
  • Yeah, the features module can help avoid some of that pain, but for just doing a migration it's overkill. The migrate module also might help, but it's pretty opinionated and has a learning curve.
    – Thomas4019
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 21:12
  • I'm using both those modules :). I forgot a text field could have an input format -- I was hoping for a programmatic solution to altering the field to enable/store the filter type. It's a pain updating features and re-running migrations.
    – tenken
    Commented Apr 7, 2015 at 21:38

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